6.4
The Daily Show
1996· TV Series
Jesse Jackson
Acting
Biography
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (October 8, 1941 — February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He founded of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted 'the most important black leader'.
Known For
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975· TV Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975· TV Series
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003· TV Series
5.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003· TV Series
7.0
A Different World
1987· TV Series
7.5
Explained
2018· TV Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995· TV Series
6.7
Dinah!
1974· TV Series
7.4
Baseball
1994· TV Series
4.2
The Chris Rock Show
1997· TV Series
7.0
World in Action
1963· TV Series
Filmography
- 2023MovieSouth to Black Poweras Self
- 2022MovieLoudmouthas Self
- 2022MovieEl otro Rey de Chicagoas Self
- 2021MoviePunch 9 for Harold Washington
- 2021MovieDionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Overas Self
- 2021TVObama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Unionas Self
- 2021MovieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)as Self
- 2021MovieSeptember First, Twenty-Twentyas Himself
- 2021MovieSpiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Storyas Self
- 2021MovieStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Streetas Self (archive footage)
- 2021MovieKilling Martin Luther King Jr.as Self
- 2021MovieCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracyas Self (archive footage)
- 2020TVObamaas Self
- 2020MovieUncle Tomas Self (archive footage)
- 2020MovieBernie Blackoutas Self (archive footage)
- 2019MovieStax, le label soul légendaireas Self (archive footage)
- 2019MovieChicago at the Crossroadas Self
- 2018TVShut Up and Dribbleas Self - Civil Rights Leader
- 2018MovieThe Road to Mass Incarcerationas Self
- 2018TVExplainedas Self (archive footage)
- 2018MovieRise Up: The Movement that Changed Americaas Self
- 2018MovieI Am MLK Jr.as Self
- 2017MovieLA 92as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Movie'85: The Greatest Team in Football Historyas Self
- 2016MovieCrashing the Partyas Self
- 2016MovieFantastic Liesas Himself (archive footage)
- 2014MovieWe Are Manyas Self
- 2013MovieRichard Pryor: Omit the Logicas Self
- 2012MovieMLK: The Assassination Tapesas Self (archive Footage)
- 2011MovieA Man's Storyas Self
- 2009MovieJoan Baez: How Sweet the Soundas Self
- 2009TVJoy Behar: Say Anything!
- 2009MovieHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebelas Self
- 2009MovieMichael Jackson Memorialas Self
- 2009MovieThe Nine Lives of Marion Barryas Self
- 2009MovieAnecdotes about Fidel
- 2007MovieKing: Man of Peace in a Time of Waras Self
- 2006TVRobinsas Self - Guest
- 2005TVThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
- 2004TVTanner on Tanneras Self
- 2003TVReal Time with Bill Maheras Self
- 2003TVJimmy Kimmel Live!as Self
- 2002MovieAmandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmonyas Self (archive footage)
- 2002MovieBaadAsssss Cinemaas Self
- 2001MovieLast Party 2000as Self
- 1999MovieThe Subtext of a Yale Educationas Self
- 1999MovieUniversity, Inc.as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1997Movie4 Little Girlsas Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
- 1997TVThe Chris Rock Showas Self
- 1997MovieMahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory